Birthday February 18, 1516 Queen Mary I, (Bloody Mary) (1553-58) -- 1st reigning queen of GB
Birthday February 18, 1745 Alessandro G. A. Anastasio Volta, Count--invented battery
Birthday February 18, 1795 George Peabody, American merchant & philanthropist
Birthday February 18, 1817 Lewis Armistead born
Birthday February 18, 1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker
Birthday February 18, 1859 Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Rabinowitz), author (Jewish Mark Twain)
Birthday February 18, 1892 Wendell Wilke, presidential candidate
Birthday February 18, 1894 Andres Segovia, guitarist
Birthday February 18, 1909 Wallace Stegner, novelist & critic
Birthday February 18, 1920 Bill Cullen, TV gameshow host
Birthday February 18, 1920 Jack Palance, Actor (Ripley's Believe It or Not)
Birthday February 18, 1922 Helen Gurley Brown, author & publisher (Cosmopolitan) in Portland Me
Birthday February 18, 1926 Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns & Green Bay Packers)
Birthday February 18, 1933 Mary Ure
Birthday February 18, 1933 Yoko Ono, aka Mrs John Lennon in Tokyo Japan
Birthday February 18, 1933 Kim Novak, in Chicago Illinois
Birthday February 18, 1950 Cybill Shepherd, in Memphis Tenn (Moonlighting)
Birthday February 18, 1954 John Travolta, Actor (Saturday Night Fever)
Birthday February 18, 1957 Vanna White, in SC--Wheel of Fortune's hostess
Birthday February 18, 1968 Molly Ringwald, in Los Angeles California -- Pretty in Pink
History February 18, 1776 Lord Dunmore dispatches note of inexpressible mortification
History February 18, 1856 Know-Nothings convene in Philadelphia
History February 18, 1861 Davis becomes provisional president of the Confederacy
History February 18, 1878 Murder ignites Lincoln County War
History February 18, 1913 Raymond Poincare becomes president of France
History February 18, 1929 First Academy Awards announced
History February 18, 1930 Pluto discovered
History February 18, 1931 Toni Morrison's birthday
History February 18, 1943 Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders
History February 18, 1948 De Valera resigns
History February 18, 1959 Ray Charles records What'd I Say at Atlantic Records
History February 18, 1964 United States punishes nations for trading with Cuba
History February 18, 1965 Avalanche kills 26 in British Columbia
History February 18, 1965 United States warns of forthcoming bombing operations
History February 18, 1967 J. Robert Oppenheimer dies
History February 18, 1979 Richard Petty wins Daytona 500 after last-lap crash
History February 18, 2001 Dale Earnhardt killed in crash
History February 18, 2003 Arsonist sets fire in South Korean subway
History February 18, 2011 Green River serial killer pleads guilty to 49th murder
February 18, 1516 Queen Mary I, (Bloody Mary) (1553-58) -- 1st reigning queen of GB
February 18, 1745 Alessandro G. A. Anastasio Volta, Count--invented battery
February 18, 1795 George Peabody, American merchant & philanthropist
February 18, 1817 Lewis Armistead born
February 18, 1848 Louis Comfort Tiffany, glassmaker
February 18, 1859 Sholem Aleichem (Solomon Rabinowitz), author (Jewish Mark Twain)
February 18, 1892 Wendell Wilke, presidential candidate
February 18, 1894 Andres Segovia, guitarist
February 18, 1909 Wallace Stegner, novelist & critic
February 18, 1920 Bill Cullen, TV gameshow host
February 18, 1920 Jack Palance, Actor (Ripley's Believe It or Not)
February 18, 1922 Helen Gurley Brown, author & publisher (Cosmopolitan) in Portland Me
February 18, 1926 Len Ford, NFL end (Cleveland Browns & Green Bay Packers)
February 18, 1933 Mary Ure
February 18, 1933 Yoko Ono, aka Mrs John Lennon in Tokyo Japan
February 18, 1933 Kim Novak, in Chicago Illinois
February 18, 1950 Cybill Shepherd, in Memphis Tenn (Moonlighting)
February 18, 1954 John Travolta, Actor (Saturday Night Fever)
February 18, 1957 Vanna White, in SC--Wheel of Fortune's hostess
February 18, 1968 Molly Ringwald, in Los Angeles California -- Pretty in Pink
February 18, 1776 Lord Dunmore dispatches note of inexpressible mortification
February 18, 1856 Know-Nothings convene in Philadelphia
February 18, 1861 Davis becomes provisional president of the Confederacy
February 18, 1878 Murder ignites Lincoln County War
February 18, 1913 Raymond Poincare becomes president of France
February 18, 1929 First Academy Awards announced
February 18, 1930 Pluto discovered
February 18, 1931 Toni Morrison's birthday
February 18, 1943 Nazis arrest White Rose resistance leaders
February 18, 1948 De Valera resigns
February 18, 1959 Ray Charles records What'd I Say at Atlantic Records
February 18, 1964 United States punishes nations for trading with Cuba
February 18, 1965 Avalanche kills 26 in British Columbia
February 18, 1965 United States warns of forthcoming bombing operations
February 18, 1967 J. Robert Oppenheimer dies
February 18, 1979 Richard Petty wins Daytona 500 after last-lap crash
February 18, 2001 Dale Earnhardt killed in crash
February 18, 2003 Arsonist sets fire in South Korean subway
February 18, 2011 Green River serial killer pleads guilty to 49th murder